No plans for Armenia's accession to BRICS - Minister of Economy

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YEREVAN, November 5. /ARKA/. The issue of joining BRICS is not on the agenda of the Armenian authorities, stated Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan, on Tuesday./pp

In response to journalists' questions about whether Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed this topic with him after participating in the BRICS summit in Kazan, Papoyan answered in negative.nbsp;/pp ‘Such questions were not discussed,’ Papoyan said at a briefing in the parliament./pp

The BRICS summit with the participation of heads of state took place in Kazan from October 22 to 24. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also attended.nbsp;/pp

BRICS is an association of nine states: Brazil, Russia, India, the People's Republic of China, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Egypt, and Ethiopia. It was founded in June 2006 during the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum with the participation of the Ministers of Economy of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. -0-/p